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State policies have had different impacts on poverty, even at the same levels of income. The accompanying table takes the states’ ranking on the basis of the recent poverty numbers for 2011-12 (states with the lowest poverty percentage having the highest rank), and compares that with their ranking in terms of per capita net state domestic product for 2011-12 at constant prices. The 11 special category states as well as Delhi, Puducherry, Chandigarh and the union territories have been omitted. Goa is numero uno on the list both in terms of having the lowest poverty headcount ratio and the highest per capita income.